Re: Is there a meaningful benchmark?

From: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
To: Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Will Rutherdale (rutherw)" <rutherw(at)cisco(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is there a meaningful benchmark?
Date: 2009-03-20 16:47:42
Message-ID: alpine.GSO.2.01.0903201242540.9114@westnet.com
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Dann Corbit wrote:

> Oracle won't let you publish any benchmark numbers.
> So if you find an Oracle comparison, it's "unauthorized"

You can find some useful comparisons that include Oracle if you look at
the audited benchmarks from the TPC. I've collected links to a bunch at
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Why_PostgreSQL_Instead_of_MySQL:_Comparing_Reliability_and_Speed_in_2007#Sun_Microsystems_2007_jAppServer2004_Benchmark_Results

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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

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